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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Tulane
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  10/03/20 - *Tyjae Spears, rJr/2023, Tulane, 5-10, 201 (DS#4 RB) + More +

  Tulane coach Willie Fritz confirmed Thursday what everyone feared when Tyjae Spears went down early in the second quarter against Southern Miss - his star running back will be out for the rest of the season. Fritz said Spears, a redshirt freshman from Ponchatoula, had surgery Thursday morning to repair a probable anterior cruciate ligament tear in his right knee. Off to a tremendous start in the Green Wave's first three games, he was hurt at the end of his second touchdown run against the Golden Eagles, appearing to take a wrong step after being hit as he crossed the goal line. That 15-yard score gave Spears 274 yards on 37 carries (7.4 average) in barely more than nine quarters, including back-to-back 100-yard games against South Alabama and Navy. An electric, big-play threat every time he touched the ball, he already was halfway to becoming the first player with three straight 100-yard games during Fritz's tenure when his year ended abruptly. "We're losing a great, great, great player for this season," Fritz said. "He brings so much to the team besides his level of play. He's an example about how to practice and about how to prepare for a game. He does as good a job of that as anybody I've ever coached, and I've been doing this a long time. Guys are going to have to pick up the slack obviously." - New Orleans Times Picayune

(DS#4 RB) rJr/2023 RB *Tyjae Spears, Tulane
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  09/29/20 - Michael Pratt, Sr/2024, Tulane, 6-3, 217 (DS#8 QB) + More +

  Michael Pratt is a gamer, which is the exact word Tulane coach Willie Fritz used when asked about his freshman quarterback after the game. Replacing struggling quarterback Keon Howard, Pratt entered for the third series and won the starting job with a performance that belied his 8-of-18 passing numbers. Tulane is talented enough to have a big season with capable quarterback play, and Howard was not getting the job done through two games and two series. This rout was about much more than Pratt, but the whole vibe around the team feels different with a playmaker behind center. His perfect strike on a deep pass to wide receiver Jha'Quan Jackson might be the turning point of the season. - New Orleans Times Picayune

(DS#8 QB) Sr/2024 QB Michael Pratt, Tulane
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  09/28/20 - Patrick Johnson, Sr/2021, Tulane, 6-2, 240 (DS#11 OLB) + More +

  SEPT 28 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL: Patrick Johnson, Tulane, Sr., DE,...Had four tackles with two sacks, leading a defense that held Southern Miss to 59 total yards in the second half of a 66-24 Green Wave win. - American Athletic Conference Football

(DS#11 OLB) Sr/2021 OLB Patrick Johnson, Tulane
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  09/21/20 - Jacob Barnes, rSr/2025, Tulane, 5-09, 183 (DS#37 K) + More +

  SEPT 21 CONFERENCE USA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Louisiana Tech redshirt freshman K Jacob Barnes was a perfect 4-for-4 on extra point attempts in Louisiana Tech's 31-30 victory over Southern Miss, including the game-winning PAT in the final seconds to lift the Bulldogs over the Golden Eagles. The redshirt freshman kicker from Baton Rouge also made a 28-yard field goal in his only attempt of the night. - Conference USA Football

(DS#37 K) rSr/2025 K Jacob Barnes, Tulane
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  09/17/20 - *Tyjae Spears, rJr/2023, Tulane, 5-10, 201 (DS#4 RB) + More +

  "He's as good a blocker as we've got," Fritz said. "He's a tough, hard-nosed competitor. I love everything about him, and he's only going to get better." The skill came with hard work. "This may sound crazy, but I want to be a better blocker than a runner," Spears said. "This offseason I really took pride in it." Fritz knew what he had in Spears immediately, but with the Wave's depth at running back, he elected to redshirt him last season. Spears played in the maximum four games the NCAA allows to retain four years of eligibility, rushing for 89 yards on eight carries against Missouri State and 60 yards on 12 attempts at Navy. The high mark for a running back at Tulane under Fritz was Darius Bradwell's 1,134 yards in 2018. If Spears stays healthy, that number should be in jeopardy even though he shares carries with Amare Jones, Cameron Carroll and Stephon Huderson.

"He's a true dog at running back," Tulane linebacker Nick Anderson said. "It's almost like he has a defensive mindset in the backfield where he's not afraid of contact. One play he'll try to run you over, and the next play you 'll think he'll try to run you over again and he'll hit you with a move. He has a lot of tools in his tool box." Fritz says Spears' only weakness might be the way he hammers himself for mistakes, letting a disappointing play bleed into the next one, but the more touches he gets, the more likely he will move on. He felt as if he were overlooked coming out of Ponchatoula, where he had 920 rushing yards and 880 receiving yards as a senior, but he already has put that frustration behind him. - New Orleans Times Picayune

(DS#4 RB) rJr/2023 RB *Tyjae Spears, Tulane
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  09/15/20 - *Tyjae Spears, rJr/2023, Tulane, 5-10, 201 (DS#4 RB) + More +

  Tyjae Spears: big-time star. The redshirt freshman running back from Ponchatoula surpassed 100 yards and made some pivotal runs to get the Wave offense out of its funk in the second half. Running back always was going to be Tulane's strength on offense, and Spears always looked like the key guy in preseason practice. He appears capable of a 1,000-yard season. - New Orleans Times Picayune

(DS#4 RB) rJr/2023 RB *Tyjae Spears, Tulane
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  09/14/20 - Cameron Sample, Sr/2021, Tulane, 6-3, 267 (DS#9 DE) + More +

  SEPT 14 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Cameron Sample, Tulane, Sr., DE, Snellville, Ga.,...Sample keyed a defensive effort that held South Alabama without a touchdown for the final 27:15, allowing the Green Wave to rally for a 27-24 road win. Sample registered seven tackles along with 2.0 sacks, a career-high 3.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble and two quarterback hurries against the Jaguars and helped clinch the game with a key sack on second down and a pass rush that led to an incomplete on third down of South Alabama's final series. - American Athletic Conference Football

(DS#9 DE) Sr/2021 DE Cameron Sample, Tulane
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  09/14/20 - *Tyjae Spears, rJr/2023, Tulane, 5-10, 201 (DS#4 RB) + More +

  SEPT 14 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL: Tyjae Spears, Tulane, RFr., RB,...Rushed for a career-high 105 yards on 11 carries, averaging 9.5 yards per attempt, in a 27-24 win at South Alabama. - American Athletic Conference Football

(DS#4 RB) rJr/2023 RB *Tyjae Spears, Tulane
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  08/23/20 - Cameron Sample, Sr/2021, Tulane, 6-3, 267 (DS#9 DE) + More +

  2021 SENIOR BOWL WATCH LIST: Cameron Sample, Tulane,...Sample was named to the Top 250 list after posting a strong junior campaign where he compiled a single-season career-high in tackles. His 44 stops on the year ranked seventh on the team and rank fourth among Tulane returnees. Sample was one of 13 players that started every game last season. - Tulane Football

(DS#9 DE) Sr/2021 DE Cameron Sample, Tulane
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  08/23/20 - Patrick Johnson, Sr/2021, Tulane, 6-2, 240 (DS#11 OLB) + More +

  2021 SENIOR BOWL WATCH LIST: Patrick Johnson, Tulane,...Johnson earned the recognition after leading the Green Wave in sacks for the second straight season in 2019 - a feat only five players have accomplished since 1973. Over the past two seasons, Johnson has tallied 14.5 sacks and ranks tied for seventh all-time in program history. He needs just 8.5 sacks to become the program's all-time sack leader. - Tulane Football

(DS#11 OLB) Sr/2021 OLB Patrick Johnson, Tulane
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  08/10/20 - Kyle Meyers, rSr/2022, Tulane, 5-11, 180 (DS#999 CB) + More +

  So after spending the past four years 400 miles away in Tallahassee, Florida, Meyers decided to return home. He earned his degree at Florida State, but now he's going through his first few days of practice at Tulane in the city he was born and raised. "I never thought I'd be wearing green, but I'm thankful I'm here now," Meyers said. "The way life is set up, you never know what's going to come. I'm just thankful to be here, and I'm ready and I'm excited for the season." The season is four weeks away when Tulane hosts Southeastern Louisiana on Sept. 3. For Meyers, who graduated from Holy Cross, it will be his first football game in his hometown since a 13-6 victory over St. Augustine in the first round of the Division I playoffs in 2015.

"I missed home a lot," Meyers said. "I wanted to come back and play for the Green Wave. A couple coaches reached out that I was pretty close with, and it felt comfortable coming back home." Meyers, a four-star recruit out of high school, played in 31 games in his four years at Florida State. He played in four games in 2019 before redshirting. He started eight games for the Seminoles as a junior, recording two interceptions and two sacks. He was one of just three players in the Atlantic Coast Conference to have multiple sacks and interceptions in the 2018 season. He finished his career at Florida State with 76 tackles and three interceptions. - New Orleans Times Picayune

(DS#999 CB) rSr/2022 CB Kyle Meyers, Tulane
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  07/23/20 - Corey Dublin, rSr/2022, Tulane, 6-3, 305 (DS#58 OG) + More +

  2020 OUTLAND TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: G Corey Dublin, Tulane,...Dublin's honor adds to a growing list of accolades for the New Orleans native, as he was named to the American Athletic Conference preseason all-league team by Phil Steele Publications and Athlon Sports. Dublin was named to the watch list after he helped pave the way for Tulane to rush for 249.8 yards per game - a figure that ranked 11th nationally. Following the 2019 campaign, Dublin received Honorable Mention recognition from The American. He is the first Tulane offensive lineman to be named All-AAC. Dublin native also has proven himself to be a durable player throughout his collegiate career, having started in 38 straight games. - Tulane Football

(DS#58 OG) rSr/2022 OG Corey Dublin, Tulane
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  07/06/20 - Corey Dauphine, rSr/2021, Tulane, 5-11, 198 (DS#53 RB) + More +

  For Tulane running back Corey Dauphine, it was the news he didn't want to hear his doctor say. Dauphine's college football career, including the final season he had won an appeal to get, was over before it ever started because of a torn Achilles. "It killed me hearing those words come out of his mouth," Dauphine said in an Instagram post Saturday. "I had so much to prove this season, I wanted the world to feel me. I wanted the world to hear my story." It is unclear when or where Dauphine suffered the injury.

Dauphine, in what was his fifth college season, led all Tulane running backs in 2019 with 575 yards and seven touchdowns while averaging 8.0 yards per carry. But in March, the NCAA granted him a sixth year of eligibility based on injuries and assistant coaching changes he dealt with in 2016 when he played at Texas Tech. He played in just three games Texas Tech and had just two carries before transferring to Tulane. Dauphine said at the time that he was surprised to get the extra year. - New Orleans Times Picayune

(DS#53 RB) rSr/2021 RB Corey Dauphine, Tulane
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  07/02/20 - Derrion Rakestraw, rSr/2022, Tulane, 6-1, 198 (DS#48 FS) + More +

  In a little more than two years, Rakestraw has evolved from a player adjusting to the second position change of his collegiate career to a steadying force at the back end of CU's defense. Recruited as a wide receiver and moved to cornerback after his redshirt season, Rakestraw eventually settled at safety, recording his first career interception in his first start at Arizona in 2018. He added three more last year while starting the season's final nine games. "I'm extremely comfortable back there now," Rakestraw said. "I'm starving. I'm ready to get back on the field. This is my last go-around, so I'm ready to go out there and show people what I can do. Go out there as a team and just win some games. You saw what we were doing at the end of the season. I'm ready to just continue that trend into the next season." After juggling positions during the first half of his career, Rakestraw goes into his senior season as the only player on the spring two-deep roster with starting experience at either of the safety spots. - Daily Camera

(DS#48 FS) rSr/2022 FS Derrion Rakestraw, Tulane
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  04/02/20 - Jalen McCleskey, rSr/2020, Tulane, 5-10, 165 (DS#149 WR) + More +

  Jalen McCleskey's legs are churning so fast on the video that you almost think the footage is doctored. He's running 23 mph, the maximum speed this particular treadmill can go. For McCleskey, a Covington native who just completed his career at Tulane after transferring from Oklahoma State, speed is his ticket to the NFL. But because of the coronavirus pandemic, McCleskey won't get to showcase that speed at a pro day in front of NFL scouts. Tulane's pro day, like every other school's pro day, was canceled. So instead, the 5-foot-10, 175-pound receiver will have to do the next best thing: get someone to record him doing the 40-yard dash and measure him all the other typical pro day tests. For McCleskey, that will happen Friday on the campus of Nicholls State, where he will be joined by defensive lineman and Tulane teammate Mike Hinton, as well as Nicholls quarterback Chase Fourcade.

"It's going to be different because usually the scouts get to come and see it in person," McCleskey said. "Pro day was going to be big for me, so people could see my numbers. Hopefully with the video it will be the same." McCleskey, the son of former New Orleans Saints defensive back J.J. McCleskey, has been preparing for this moment while he also finishes up work on his master's degree. He's had to alter some of his normal workout routines since pretty much everything is shut down. "It's been really crazy," McCleskey said. "I've still been working out, but we just had to find different places." - New Orleans Times Picayune

(DS#149 WR) rSr/2020 WR Jalen McCleskey, Tulane
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